President Obama with David Letterman On Romney’s 47 Percent: Not Many ‘Think They’re Victims’ -pics

[Kadie]

Seated with talk show host David Letterman, U.S. President Barack Obama makes an appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City September 18, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)








Sep 18, 2012 6:41pm
Obama to Letterman On Romney’s 47 Percent: Not Many ‘Think They’re Victims’

In his first response to Mitt Romney’s comments that 47 percent of voters believe “they are victims” and would cast their ballots for the president “no matter what,” Obama said “if you want to be president you’ve got to work for everybody, not just for some.”

“I don’t know what he was referring to,” the president told David Letterman in an interview on CBS’ Late Show. “But I can tell you this. When I won in 2008, 47% of the American people voted for John McCain. They didn’t vote for me. What I said on election night was even though you didn’t vote for me, I hear your voices and I’m going as work as hard as I can to be your president.”

“One of the things I’ve learned as President is you represent the entire country. And when I meet Republicans as I’m traveling around the country, they are hardworking family people who care deeply about this country. And my expectation is if you want to be president you’ve got to work for everybody, not just for some.”

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The president adamantly denied Romney’s assertion. “There are not a lot of people out there who think they’re victims,” he told Letterman, according to pool reports. “There are not a lot of people who think they’re entitled to something.”

“What I think people want to make sure of, though, is you’re not writing off a big chunk of the country,” the president said. “This is a big country… And people disagree a lot, but one thing I’ve never tried to do, and I think none of us can do in public office, is suggest that because someone doesn’t agree with me that they’re victims or they’re unpatriotic.”

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/obama-on-romney-videos-not-many-think-theyre-victims/

[gordianot]

1. Romney for sure has victims and I would they know it.

[lunasun]

2. So Obama will be on Letterman tonight -Tues, or did I miss it Monday?